Did You Know...
...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7134300 | Method for controlling foam production in reduced pressure fining A method for controlling the foam produced when a molten material encounters reduced pressure in a vacuum chamber includes passing the molten material through an aging zone in the vacuum chamber in which the molten material is allowed to drain from between the bubbl... | 11/14/2006 |
| 5979191 | Method and apparatus for melting of glass batch materials An apparatus for melting materials is provided comprising a melter body having a batch injection portion including a batch inlet port, a batch melting portion including a batch melting chamber adapted to receive materials from said batch injection portion... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5352258 | Production of glass fibers from scrap glass fibers The process and apparatus of the present invention enable the production of glass fiber product from scrap glass fibers. The process includes: feeding the scrap glass fibers having an average length up to around 12 inches to a glass melting tank having a ... | 10/04/1994 |
| 4995892 | Process and apparatus for controlling the thermal environment of glass fiber forming The subject matter of this invention relates to an improved method for controlling an industrial glass fiber-forming process. More particularly, it involves a method for controlling the thermal environment of several fiber glass bushing assemblies by the ... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4738701 | Method and apparatus for forming glass fibers A glass fiber forming assembly is described which permits rapid change of a production fiber glass bushing. The system includes a secondary bushing and means to heat it as well as a glass delivery bushing permanently connected to a forehearth. The product... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4675039 | Method and apparatus for forming glass fibers A feeder system for the production of glass filaments is provided with a shallow layer of molten glass over the discharge wall in combination with a flow control means adapted to regulate the depth of the layer to provide dripless and non-dripless operati... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4673428 | Method and apparatus for forming glass fibers A feeder for the production of glass filaments is provided with a shallow layer of glass over the discharge wall in combination with a fluid filled cavity capable of being pressure regulated to render the operation dripless or non-dripless as desired. Pre... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4525188 | Fiber forming bushing and method for using same The invention involves a fiber glass bushing which is provided with a plurality of tubular feed inlets, through a top cover chamber, which by means of controlled introduction of a gaseous medium allows a gaseous void to be maintained above the glass level... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4158557 | Method and apparatus for forming fiber mat A method and apparatus for forming a fiber mat is disclosed. The attenuation rate of the attenuator or strand advancing apparatus is varied as the attenuator traverses across the mat formation surface such that a constant rate of attenuation of glass fila... | 06/19/1979 |
| 3981704 | Method and apparatus for processing glass This invention embraces a method of and apparatus for processing heat-softenable fiber-forming material, such as glass, involving treatment of a surface of a feeder from which flow streams of the heat-softened glass through the establishment of an environ... | 09/21/1976 |
